Coal share of electricity — all countries

Coal share of electricity — CIS

Coal share of electricity in the CIS in 2023 — 20.04%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.12 pp.

2023 20.04% −0.27 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 20.68%2008
Period minimum 17.13%2015

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Coal share of electricity — CIS, 2000–202317181920212000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 20.17%2001: 19.53%2002: 19.68%2003: 19.71%2004: 18.68%2005: 18.78%2006: 19.04%2007: 18.58%2008: 20.68%2009: 18.6%2010: 18.59%2011: 18.39%2012: 18.25%2013: 17.99%2014: 17.39%2015: 17.13%2016: 17.61%2017: 18.2%2018: 18.42%2019: 19.07%2020: 18.67%2021: 18.42%2022: 20.32%2023: 20.04%
Change over the period: −0.12 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: CIS

CIS 20.04%
World 35.52%
Coal share of electricity — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 20.04 −0.27 pp
2022 20.32 +1.9 pp
2021 18.42 −0.26 pp
2020 18.67 −0.39 pp
2019 19.07 +0.65 pp
2018 18.42 +0.22 pp
2017 18.2 +0.6 pp
2016 17.61 +0.48 pp
2015 17.13 −0.26 pp
2014 17.39 −0.6 pp
2013 17.99 −0.26 pp
2012 18.25 −0.14 pp
2011 18.39 −0.2 pp
2010 18.59 −0.01 pp
2009 18.6 −2.08 pp
2008 20.68 +2.1 pp
2007 18.58 −0.47 pp
2006 19.04 +0.26 pp
2005 18.78 +0.1 pp
2004 18.68 −1.04 pp
2003 19.71 +0.03 pp
2002 19.68 +0.16 pp
2001 19.53 −0.64 pp
2000 20.17

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated from coal in a country's total generation. Coal remains the largest source of electricity in the world despite plant closures in Europe and North America: growth in Asia outweighs that decline. In emissions per kilowatt-hour coal is about twice as bad as gas, which is why this share does more than anything else to set the carbon intensity of a country's electricity.

Important: Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by electricity generation in terawatt-hours — the only correct weight for a share of generation. The weight series comes from Ember and starts in 2000, so there are no aggregates for earlier years, even though country data go back to 1960.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.